I have talked to machine manufacturers. I have talked to elected officials that supervise these elections. They tell me we have a lot of touch machines in New Mexico, and they say things to me like, we do not have to worry because we have three levels of redundancy in the computers. We do not have to worry because there is backup in the computers. And I think my colleague has explained it somewhat in his opening remarks, but I would like to kick that back to him at this point and have my colleague, because I know he has called many of these computer experts over the course of developing this legislation, when they say three levels of redundancy in the computer, is that a level of protection my colleague is satisfied with, and does it, in fact, in this piece of legislation give security to the ballot itself?
Tom Udall: “I have talked to machine manufacturers. I have talked to elected officials that supervise these elections. They tell me…”
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Discussing election security and the reliability of voting machines during a floor debate.
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